All about Apple: 2008

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

iPhone 3G Launching On The 11th, 00:01, NZ Time

Vodafone just went public with the information you already knew, New Zealand will see the world's first iPhone launch at 00:01 local time on the 11th. That's almost a full day before any New York, propaganda farmer gets his. In the UK, O2 is now taking pre-orders (one per customer) on a first come, first serve basis.

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WSJ' Mossberg: General Tips For Switch to Mac From Windows

Sales of Apple's Macintosh computers have been growing much faster than PC sales overall, with many new Mac buyers switching from years of using Windows computers.While the Windows and Mac user interfaces are broadly similar, they do have subtle variations in day-to-day use that require some re-education for switchers.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Apple Spurns Intel, For Now

Intel's technologists revealed Monday that the chip giant will not win a spot on Apple's iconic iPhone anytime soon, even as he outlined Intel's plans to keep growing as it turns 40 on July 18. Apple appears to be going it alone for now, buying chip designer P.A. Semi for $278 million in cash earlier this year to power its next generation of phones

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Where Should You Buy an iPhone 3G, Apple or AT&T?

When the iPhone 3G hits, it will be available at both AT&T and Apple stores. So is there anything different between them? What if you need to start a new plan or transfer a number? Will both work? Actually, AT&T has told us that there will be no limiting difference between the two stores, except for one thing.

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iPhone Apps: To Pay or Not to Pay?

It's probably been a while since you bought new software. That's because so many tech firms — buoyed by ads placed in Web-based applications like the Google Docs word processor and the thousands of apps on Facebook — can now afford to give their programs away for free. But don't expect the same deal when you're shopping for add-ons for your iphone.

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Monday, June 30, 2008

Five undisclosed features of Apple's Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Apple is billing Snow Leopard as an OS without any new features, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Under the hood improvements offer users much to look forward to, including the benefits of a new multi-touch framework, dramatic file size reductions, text-processing features, auto activation of fonts, and full read and write ZFS support.

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iPhone 2.0 Golden Master Could Hit this Friday

According to a sources inside the Cupertino's iPhone software development effort, it is "highly probable" that the iPhone 2.0 Golden Master will hit this Friday. The final version could arrive two weeks before the introduction of the new iPhone 3G and just in time for the promised June release. Current 345 build activates two code-signing features

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Apple to Offer iTunes Remote Control App for iPhone and iPod

Apple released a pre-release version of iTunes 7.7 for developers tonight. In the Read Me of the iTunes installer is a hint at a previously unannounced iPhone/iPod Touch application:Use iTunes 7.7 to sync music, video, and more with iPhone 3G, and download applications from the iTunes Store exclusi...

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MSI Wind Running Mac OS X Also Thinks It's a Mac Pro

It's not even out yet and people have already hacked Mac OS X to run on the MSI Wind. Like with other non-Apple Leopard boxes, the little computer believes it is a Mac Pro, so the hack is good for both your egos. The port is still lacking some fine tuning, but it runs quite well according to Insanely Mac forum member Jav:

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Sunday, March 2, 2008

MacBook Pro teardown reveals... not much

Whenever Apple releases a new product, it doesn't take long for someone to tear it apart. Before the first flood of reviews, we get a peek inside.

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Time Capsule Tested (Verdict: Smooth Sailing)

We've been fiddling with Time Capsule since it arrived this AM, and so far it works as billed, clean and easy. The new AirPort Utility software comes with some neat tricks for the network-phobic, and we're learning the ins and outs of adding external drives, using networked printers, and setting up that potentially nasty initial data dump.

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Finding a worm in the Apple? Secret APIs in Mac OS X

A Mozilla developer has discovered undocumented Mac OS X framework APIs that are being used in Safari. This discovery has led some to question if Apple is giving itself an unfair advantage, with some pointing out that if Microsoft was caught doing this it might find itself in front of a judge.

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Curved iMac concept bends beyond the realm of plausibility

ou don't have to venture very far to dig up unofficial concepts for Apple products of all sorts, but this one from designer Nuno Teixeira is certainly more attention grabbing than most, even if it isn't any more realistic. Dubbed the "iMac iView," the main distinguishing feature here is obviously the curved screen...

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Overseas sales could revive Apple as Wall Street darling

The stock has fallen 40 percent from its recent highs, losing some $50 billion in market value –and it isn’t clear what could turn things around.

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iTunes now the No. 2 music retailer in the US

In addition to new notebooks on Tuesday, Apple announced that the latest market research data from NPD indicates that the iTunes Store recently surpassed Best Buy to become the number two music retailer in the US, behind only Wal-Mart.

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New MacBook Pro More Powerful, Has Multitouch Trackpad

New versions of the MacBook Pro have been released today. They come loaded with up to 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors, and the MacBook Air's trackpad which allows for multi-touch gestures. The low-end MacBook has also been upgraded. Full specs and prices after the jump.

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Monday, February 4, 2008

First MacBook Air Benchmarks

We benchmarked the MacBook Air against the MacBook and MacBook Pro to see how it held up comparatively. Predictably, the MacBook Pro outperformed its counterparts in the majority of our tests. But the MacBook Air (1.6 GHz Intel, 2 GB RAM) went toe-to-toe with the MacBook (2 GHz Intel, 1 GB RAM) in many of our tests, falling just short in most.

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Sources: MacBook Air battery replacements take only minutes

"Due to its ultra-thin profile, Apple's new MacBook Air was designed with an integrated 37-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery that is not user-replaceable. Though this has caused some initial concern amongst potential adopters, AppleInsider has learned that the replacement process is quite trivial."

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Confirmed: Bricked iPhones Rise From the Grave With Firmware

For all those unlocked iPhones out there that were bricked after attempting firmware upgrades, we have some great news. It appears that Apple's new 1.1.3 iPhone firmware rewrites either most or all of the phone's firmware, allowing for bricked iPhones to be brought back to life.

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Sony's Thoughts On the MacBook Air: They did it First/Better

During the Keynote, Jobs compared the Macbook Air to Sony's TZ ultraportable, implying it had a small keyboard and screen, was too thick, and was not that good. Here's what Sony thinks of the Apple MacBook Air:

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Apple Adds Five Apps To The iPod Touch -- For A Price

It's not all love for the iPhone today -- Apple just announced that Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes and Weather are all coming to the iPod touch. New touch owners get 'em all for free, but all of you early adopters will have to cough up: the bundle is going to set you back a whopping $20.

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MacBook Air doesn't have a user-replaceable battery

We sort of understood it with iPods, and we grudgingly accepted it with the iPhone, but the MacBook Air has a sealed, non-user-replaceable battery, and that means we're suddenly a lot less in love. We're digging for details on how much it'll cost to swap out -- and what Apple expects road warriors to do when their slick new ultraportable dies...

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Apple unveils the Apple TV Take 2! Admits first try failed..

Apple just admitted that the first Apple TV didn't quite work out -- so it's back with a new model that can access iTunes directly -- and streams movies in both DVD quality and HD with 5.1 surround.

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Google unveils new iPhone interface for Google Apps

Just in time for MacWorld, Google has announced sizeable improvements to it's mobile applications for Apple's iPhone. Applications that have been updated include Google Reader, Calendar, Gmail, iGoogle, Search, and Picasa.

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Just how thin is the MacBook Air?

So just how thin and lightweight is the new 13.3-inch MacBook Air. We've pitted it against the 13.3-inch Dell XPS M1330, 13.3-inch Sony VAIO SZ, and Apple's own MacBook to see how it stacks up, literally. Not bad Stevie, not bad.

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MacBook Air: Thinning my expectations

As many fellow gadget nerds might know, Apple released their new ultra-thin notebook this morning at the 2008 MacWorld Keynote. The MacBook Air boasts as the “world’s thinnest notebook,” and certainly lives up to that mark. However, it was soon that my excitement would begin to fade.

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Apple Introduces Manila Case,The World's Thinnest Case

MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO—Apple® today unveiled Manila® Case®, the world's thinnest case for the world's thinnest laptop, the MacBook Air. When empty, Manila Case measures an unprecedented 0.07-inches at its thinnest point, but its dynamically adaptable height goes up to a maximum of 6.9-inches, adapting perfectly to the MacBook Air

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Why iPhone +SDK, Firmware Is Better Than Your Jailbroken One

With today’s announcements, this over-hyped device has actually become more useful, powerful and promising. Not because it’s the best computer on the market, but because it’s the one in your pocket. PopMech is telling Jailbreakers to bring it on if they can beat it.

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